BERLIN (Reuters) - European scientists and technologists said they would launch a joint initiative on Wednesday to support the use of digital applications in the fight against coronavirus while complying with the region's tough privacy laws. The…

Back in the before times, when a larger percentage of the human race roamed the Earth, i.e., several weeks ago, Comcast customers had to deal with something called a 'data cap.' Cable users who consumed more than a terabyte of Comcast-branded…

HOUSTON — The once mighty oil industry is shrinking quickly around the world, hunkering down in survival mode. With the coronavirus pandemic all but eliminating travel and commutes, demand for energy is tumbling, and oil companies from…

A paper coauthored by over 112 researchers across 160 data and social science teams found that AI and statistical models, when used to predict six life outcomes for children, parents, and households, weren't very accurate even when trained on…

Surveillance vendor Memento Labs, which offers hacking tools to law enforcement and intelligence agencies and which rose from the ashes of controversial spy company Hacking Team, is quickly losing staff and is having trouble securing clients…